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3-row Horse-drawn Walking Cultivator - Cultivator, Walking
Solid iron cultivator has curved unpainted wooden handles attached to base with flat metal strips to cross-piece. Cross-piece has spool ends that go against outer "V" of cultivator for manuverability. Single-loop horse harness at front.
Record Type: Object
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Adriance "Buckeye" Spring-tooth Harrow, 1897 - Harrow, Spring-Tooth
"Buckeye" spring-tooth harrow is solid metal in two pieces. Both have three rows of springs, one with 3, 2 and 1 and one on each row and the other with 2, 3 and 2 on each row. Each unit has a set of solid metal wheels, each with five large flat spokes. Metal pulleys are attached to front of each unit beneath brackets for rigging. Vertical levers are attached to the back of each unit.
Record Type: Object
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Adriance Platt Sickle-bar Mower, 1892 - Mower, Horse-Drawn
Adriance Platt sulky two-horse sickle-bar Mower, 1892. Used for mowing fields of grain. Once mown, grains are left flat and scattered. Horse tree is wood painted a light yellow with unfinished wooden pieces mounted below it. Silver colored spiked blade extends out the right side and has two stained wooden handles mounted to end with green metal. Center of mower is painted red with green and silver painted iron mechanisms for adjusting mower....
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Avery Six-Disk Harrow - Harrow
Sulky (seated) six-disk Avery harrow has a triangular body and two six-spoke wheels attached to central vertical axle in front so that it can rotate left to right. Spade-shaped seat has two rows of round perforations and is mounted to back of body and above disks. Two three-disk units are mounted to back of body and clamp into holes of horizontal bar to adjust width. Two wire spring levers mounted to either side of seat for making wheel height...
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Box Scraper - Weeder
Solid iron metal box scraper has two large 16-spoke wooden wheels, painted gray, with iron metal band tires. A long square wooden beam with broken front end is mounted to front with heavy iron metal brackets. Scraper itself is a large shallow box with an open front. Two crosspieces attached above box are mounted to an iron level that extends out center back and attaches via a vertical metal hook to back of box for adjusting angle of scraper. ...
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Brussels Sprout Harvester - Harvester
Brussels Sprout Harvester, 1966. Invented by Aldo Giusti, in 1966. The harvester is comprised of: a large, green painted, metal, rectangular frame; a sharp-edged, metal, cylindrical component, with an electric cord coming out of it, and it is straddling the top of the frame with two metal bars on either side attached to it; a downward tilted rack of bars underneath the cylindrical device, in the middle of the frame; a green painted metal band in ...
Record Type: Object
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Bull Rake - Rake
Large sulky (seated) bull rake has two giant iron six-foot seven-double-spoke wheels on either side attached to central axle upon which spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval shaped perforations and ten curved rake forks are also mounted. Wooden horizontal board covers tops of forks and a wooden beam extends out front.
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Champion Mower - Mower
Solid iron seated Champion mower with long front wooden beam, painted red, and unfinished wooden side plate to right, above and behind wide, sharp-toothed metal blade. A green painted wooden dowel extends above side plate. Seat is spade-shaped with two rows of round perforations inside of outer edge and is mounted above and behind body, which is painted green. A vertical lever just inside of right wheel is used to adjust blade. At center of b...
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Champion Walking Plow - Plow
Large Champion walking plow is wood with painted red wooden beam and green painted iron metal bracket. Oak wooden handles extend behind large blade and are supported near grips by a red crossbar. Small six-spoke red iron wheel is mounted between two V-shaped brackets at front of beam.
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Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow - Plow, Hillside
Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow. Plow has iron beam and center bracket, painted red, with arrow-shaped double-sided blade. Oak wooden handles come to a point above blade. Latch behind blade allows you to switch sides blade plows for making indentical rows perpendicular to slope as farmer switches back and forth.
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Seated cultivator has long wooden beam out front that tapers to a rounded end covered with iron metal. Two double-seven-spoke wheels on either side of body which is composed of two rows each of seven curved metal bars attached to vertical springs in center and a horizontal rod at front above which is mounted a spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval perforations. A wire spring lever is mounted to right of seat for making wheel height adjustment...
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Iron metal walking cultivator has a small wheel, with three V-shaped spokes, in front. There are five curved metal prongs at bottom with a V-shaped metal scraper in back. Wooden handles with curved grips have wooden dowel and iron rod cross bars and come to a point at top center of body. A metal spring rod vertical lever is mounted between front of handles and is used to adjust width or tightening of blades. Cultivator is painted red while wo...
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Dain (John Deere) Wheel Buck Rake - Rake
Wood and iron wheel buck rake has a metal axle in back with inset six-spoke wheels between center and ends. Axle is framed by two horizontal wooden boards attached with metal brackets and approximately eight to ten "rake" pieces extending out front. Front piece has two long wooden beams attached by a horizontal board at front at the ends of which are attached two more six-spoke wheels. A larger seven-spoke wheel is sitting on top.
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Ditching Plow - Plow
Solid iron metal walking ditching plow has a double-sided blade that comes to a point in the center. A curved iron beam is mounted behind blade and extends out front and has a double six-hole harness mount at end. Iron handles have iron cross-support pieces and adjustable metal curved perforated grips. A small wheel with three V-shaped spokes sits just below and behind blade.
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Gale Single-bottom Walking Plow - Plow
Single Row Horse-Drawn Walking Plow. Wooden hangles attach to wooden beam and center iron piece, painted orange, that holds blade. V-shaped handle unit is mounted so that it can pivit from side to side. Wood has clear laquer varnish.
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Gooseneck Supply Wagon - Wagon
Gooseneck supply wagon has a painted green large wooden beam and two horse trees out front. Sixteen-spoke wooden wheels are painted green with white metal hubs and flat iron band tires around outer edge and are larger in back than in front. Flat green seat with flared sides sits on top of gooseneck wagon mount and a green flat wooden footrest sits at its base which is mounted to the front wheel shaft. Wagon itself has a flat wooden nine-plank ...
Record Type: Object
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Hand Truck - Truck, Hand
Wooden hand truck has wide rectangular handles that form sides and taper into rounded grips at top. Top of sides are supported with a flat piece of iron metal that extends to ground and bends, forming a squared flat plate upon which boxes are placed. Two small wide iron wheels attached to a square iron shaft that is mounted behind plate at bottom. Hand truck has three wooden crosspieces. Two v-shaped iron legs are mounted with iron supports b...
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Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900 - Hook, Hay Bale
Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900. Hook has a solid iron hook with a pointed end that is affixed to a slightly bulbous cylindrical oak wooden handle through the center. Wooden handle is split into two sections mounted to either side of hook top end so that handle spins when hook is in use.
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Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900 - Hook, Hay Bale
Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900. Hook has a solid iron hook with a pointed end that is affixed to a slightly bulbous cylindrical oak wooden handle through the center.
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Hilling or Levee-making Plow - Plow
Hilling or Levee-making Plow has a disk blade on left and a rectangular blade on right. Long wooden beam is oak. Handles are oak with red paint, except for curved grips which have a clear varnish finish. Steel parts affixing blades to handles and beam are painted red. A small oak horse tree is mounted at bottom of right handle.
Record Type: Object
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Holt Scraper, 1909 - Weeder
1909 Holt scraper is solid iron with a 2x4-inch wooden crosspiece above box. Back beam handle is curved iron. Box has a curved back, flat sides and open front. Top wooden beam is affixed via iron nuts and bolts to one of many notches in thick iron bracket that is mounted to sides and extend in front of and above box for adjusting scraper angle. Two looped iron rods extend out front and are mounted to inside sides of box.
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Homemade Weeder/Scraper - Weeder
Homemade Weeder/Scraper has a flat wooden wheel lined on outside with a flat piece of iron metal. Wooden bracket extends from wheel at back of which are mounted two wooden handles with perpendicular wooden grips mounted to ends. Handles are supported by an iron bar cross piece. Perpendicular T-shaped iron scraper with a flat bottom is mounted to wooden bracket behind wheel.
Record Type: Object
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Hook - Hook, Chain
Hook. Solid iron hook has a loop in top through which a single loop of an iron chain is suspended.
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International Harvester Corn Stalk Chopper - Chopper, Feed
International Harvester two-horse corn stalk chopper. Once corn is harvested, stalks are left on ground. This artifact is used to cut the stalks down for stillage (food for cows) or to add nutrients to the soil. Unit is solid iron with painted red body, seat and foot rests. Large iron spoked wheels, wooden beam for mounting horses and right-hand lever are painted yellow. Beneath seat are two 6-pointed horizontal blades mounted at points. Bl...
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International Harvester Dump Rake - Rake, Dump
International Harvester Dump Rake is used for raking cut grain into wind rows. Unit is painted yellow, red and blue and is solid iron metal with two long wooden beams out front. Large sixteen-spoke wheels on either side mounted to metal rod and L-shaped rod to which are affixed 27 curved rake forks with spring loop ends at top. Lever above center back for adjusting wheel height. Spade-shaped seat has two rows of round perforations, is red, an...
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